Wednesday, March 16, 2022


"Yes, I've been in a family court system."

“My children’s health is my priority at this moment,” she added. “And my focus for the last few years has been to help my family and … to focus on helping change laws to protect other families and other women and focus on their stories.”

Parsing what she said:

"I've been in a family court system" - "I've been" (past tense) and not I am.  "family court" -- not divorce court.

"My children's health" instead of health of the family, and "help my family" instead of "heal."

Seems to imply that the family is now healed and healthy and they are out of the system.  At least behind the scenes.   





“It is personal to everyone,” said Jolie, who has been advocating for a revamped version of the law for years. “Everyone who cares about family, everyone who cares about children, everyone who cares about their own safety and the health of their community.”

“I [think] this country doesn’t recognize what a serious domestic violence and child abuse problem it really has,” she said.

“I think once you’re exposed to this system, whoever you are, once you’re exposed to it and you realize how unbelievably broken this system is, you have to do something to improve it,” Jolie said.

"Yes, I've been in a family court system."

“My children’s health is my priority at this moment,” she added. “And my focus for the last few years has been to help my family and … to focus on helping change laws to protect other families and other women and focus on their stories.”










WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 16: Actress Angelina Jolie sits in the audience as President Joe Biden is introduced by Ruth Glenn, chief executive officer and President of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, during an event celebrating the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in the East Room of the White House on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)



WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 16: Activist and actress Angelina Jolie arrives ahead of President Joe Biden for an event celebrating the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in the East Room of the White House on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Actress Angelina Jolie arrives for an event celebrating the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. The Senate last week passed a full year $1.5 trillion federal funding bill which included the reauthorization of the VAWA, which expired in 2019. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 16: Actress Angelina Jolie attends an event marking the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act at the East Room of the White House on March 16, 2022 in Washington, DC. President Joe Biden, who helped write the original piece of the legislation in 1994 when he was a senator on Capitol Hill, presided over the event. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Senator Pat Leahy, a Democrat from Vermont, speaks with actress Angelina Jolie during an event celebrating the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. The Senate last week passed a full year $1.5 trillion federal funding bill which included the reauthorization of the VAWA, which expired in 2019. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images


WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 16: Actress Angelina Jolie leaves after an event to mark the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act at the East Room of the White House on March 16, 2022 in Washington, DC. President J. Biden, who helped to write the original piece of the legislation in 1994 when he was a senator on Capitol Hill, held the event to make the reauthorization of the law that helps to protect women from violence. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)









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